Week 20: Motivation & Emotion

Question 0

Drive

Answer 0

A type of motivational state

It’s reversible internal conditions that orientate an individual to reach a specific goal.

Question 1

Motivation

Answer 1

The internal and external desires wants and needs that arouse an organism to move forward towards a specific goal.

Question 2

Regulatory drives

Answer 2

Regulatory drives are those needed for immediate survival of animals (humans included) like hunger, thirst, sleep, thermoregulation- anything that maintains homeostasis in our body. Directly linked to the hypothalamus.

Question 3

Non-regulatory drives

Answer 3

Non-regulatory drives don’t have a direct evolutionary purpose. They fulfill something else- cooperation, reproduction, safety.

Question 4

Safety (non-regulatory drive)

Answer 4

Drives like sleep & fear that motivates us to replenish our bodies and avoid danger.

Question 5

Reproduction (non-regulatory drive)

Answer 5

Maternal, sexual & sexual jealousy that guide us to care for our young and guard our mates.

Question 6

Social/cooperation (non-regulatory drive)

Answer 6

Approval & acceptance motivates us to cooperate

Question 7

Educative (non-regulatory drive)

Answer 7

Play & exploration motivate us to practice our skills and learn about our environments.

Question 8

How do drives work?

Answer 8

• reward seeking states
• motivation is reinforced by the pleasure we experience once the reward is obtained
• reward system has evolved to reinforce behaviours that reduce reg and non-reg drives